Extra, Extra - Neil Young

Selling papers on the corner

I saw a man yesterday

I asked him if he'd wanna

Tell me what made him this way

He said when it's born it's warm

Then it gathers strength in lies

When it falls it falls all over you

He used to pick his friends

They left him in the end

An easy thing to lose

The right to pick and choose

When it's born it's warm

Then it gathers strength in lies

When it falls it falls all over you

He said he left his wife

The back-bone of his life

Another came along

But now I guess she's gone

When it's born it's warm

Then it gathers strength in lies

When it falls it falls all over you

I think I used to see

That old man on TV

Can you be the same

It seems like such a shame

When it's born it's warm

Then it gathers strength in lies

When it falls it falls all over you

The world he thought he knew

Has better things to do

As I went on my way

I thought I heard him say:

When it's born it's warm

Then it gathers strength in lies

When it falls it falls all over you